Posts for: newtoyou
May 9, 2019 11:20:03 #
Shellback wrote:
It appears to be a bald faced hornets nest
Could be a bald faced hornet. It is the start of a vespid wasp nest. Baldface are one of many vespids.
Only one to a few now, hundreds and basketball size if allowed.
With a spray bottle that will squirt a stream, mix 50/50 alcohol and water and add a squirt of dishsoap.
Soak nest well.
Bill
May 9, 2019 11:02:29 #
tinusbum wrote:
and more
The eggs have eyes showing.
There are very few insects that spin silk as adults. The only one I can bring to mind for these are the Neuróptera, nerve winged insects.
Lacewings are one, but they put the eggs on stalks.
A mystery to me. Also a Fleetwood Mac album.
Bill
May 9, 2019 10:34:50 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Are you looking at my butt..? Well, if you are, it's the butt end of wasp No. 327. If you look very closely you are able to see the tip of the stinger protruding out slightly.
I find it quite interesting how nature has constructed the sliding segments that fit and fold over each other in a "suit of armor" type of construction.
I find it quite interesting how nature has constructed the sliding segments that fit and fold over each other in a "suit of armor" type of construction.
Quite a clear photo/stack.
Your grasp of how and why things are are "spot on", too).
Unclosed is part of "Insect Biology", by Howard Evans.
Found on line, inexpensively priced, priceless.
Note part need bottom page two.
Day trip to Jug Bay, on the Patient R.
Ever see a common snapping turtle worth thousands?. This one a female, I believe, about thirty pounds.
More later.
Hope Arizona kind to you, Mark.
Later, Gary.
Bill
May 7, 2019 11:01:54 #
Took a day trip to Conwingo dam.
In November this is a place to see 100+ eagles at a time.
A haze and my 300 mm were not up to all of it, but enlarged you may see 10-12 at a time here. The haze is from the churned waters.
At the head of the Chesapeake Bay, this place is spectacular.
Hope you enjoy.
Bill
In November this is a place to see 100+ eagles at a time.
A haze and my 300 mm were not up to all of it, but enlarged you may see 10-12 at a time here. The haze is from the churned waters.
At the head of the Chesapeake Bay, this place is spectacular.
Hope you enjoy.
Bill
May 6, 2019 15:44:31 #
newtoyou wrote:
Sadly, your post was unnecessary.
To photomacher:
Sadly, my post about your post was unnecessary. I now catch your meaning. My apologies, sir.
Bill
May 6, 2019 13:31:25 #
Fotomacher wrote:
Sadly, the title of your post is a redundancy.
Sadly, your post was unnecessary.
May 6, 2019 13:24:45 #
May 5, 2019 19:06:57 #
tinusbum wrote:
about 45 pic stacks hand held,natural light
Cryptic camouflage.
These are more likley case bearer moths, family Coleophoridae. Rather than bagworm, family Psychidae.
Pick bagworms and drop into soapy water to kill.
Do this for sure as winter starts as the eggs will overwinter in the bags.
Bill
May 5, 2019 15:04:15 #
tinusbum wrote:
i barely got the dog back before it became lunch :-D
Handsome? Attractive? Sure.
I believe you have Lycosa carolinensis. A female?
May get to 1.5 inches.
The largest Lycosa in US.
Easily kepyt in a vented shoe box. Eats small living insects .
Will eat baby mice.
Bill
May 5, 2019 13:04:11 #
Mercer wrote:
Could the insect emerging from the Preying Mantis' egg case possibly be a hatching preying mantis?
Yes. Have watched this many times. In about a half hour it will readily eat fruit flies, and it's siblings. Cannibalistic.
Bill
May 5, 2019 12:59:39 #
steve DeMott wrote:
Thanks Mike
I wondered if you and Gary lived close to each other. Good. Welcome, you have a great mentor.
Bill (newtoyou)
May 4, 2019 23:12:52 #
steve DeMott wrote:
Kinda my first attempt at shooting small things. Sippyjug suggested I post it.
Found this little guy in the backyard wood pile. The first attempt was on a white piece of cardboard to figure out the best way to photograph and use focus stacking software.
Scrounged up a piece of bark, lite up the shadow box and this is the result.
D7100, 105mm Macro, 32mm extention tube, 62 shots using a focus rail, @ f/16
Comments & suggestions are always welcome
Found this little guy in the backyard wood pile. The first attempt was on a white piece of cardboard to figure out the best way to photograph and use focus stacking software.
Scrounged up a piece of bark, lite up the shadow box and this is the result.
D7100, 105mm Macro, 32mm extention tube, 62 shots using a focus rail, @ f/16
Comments & suggestions are always welcome
Very nice shot. So clear it allows me to make an easy ID. Not a Bess beetle.
This is ground beetle, Carabidae. Scarites subterraneus.
Early spring beetle found under rocks and debris.
Bill
May 4, 2019 20:30:32 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Please let me know what this little insect is if you can identify it. Below I have it posed alongside of a dime to put it in perspective of its size.
🤔
Bill
May 4, 2019 20:28:40 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Thanks 
A quick lesson in dragonfly watching.
Know your subject. The likes, habits and daily making a living they do.
Find a small body of water and have a folding camp chair, a cold one or two, cuppa, whatever. Sit, relax and watch.
'Ambush' them. Learn their habits.
Set up and be ready to shoot, on a tripod. Relax. Have a sip and watch. Repeat as necessary, every day or two at least
🕵️😀.
Bill
May 3, 2019 15:46:18 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
I would love to find one of these.
I would love to find one of these.
Look in low, wet stream areas with a lot of vegetation overhanging. Favored habitat.
Bill